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So for this sentence:

裁判官は賄賂などによって左右しないよう良い給与が保証されている

The given translation is:

'Judges are guaranteed a decent salary so that they won't be swayed
(influenced) by bribes and the like.'

I'm confused about the よう in the middle after さゆうしない. My first instinct is to
read this as "way"/"kind of", as in "not influenced by bribes kind of...
salary". But, if it's read that way then there's not really a nuance of
reasoning right? The translation would be more like, "Judges are guaranteed a
good, not likely to be influenced by bribes kind of salary."?


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よう indicating reasoning?


よう here is a variation of ように, which express a purpose.


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If this had been 左右されないよう, as the translation suggests, it would clearly be a
quoted indirect command 左右されないようにと from which に and と have been dropped, the
direct form of the quoted command being 左右されるなよと.

ように means 'in (such) a way that', and と, as is frequently the case, is the
quotative と, with a following verb of saying or requesting omitted (言って, 頼んて).

As it stands, there could of course be an unexpressed subject of 左右する clear
from context. Perhaps 汚い政治家 or some such? But it would seem to be a bit
awkward.

I think more context would be useful.


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